FOOD FUN: Cherry Ice Cubes

Cherry ice cubes. Photo courtesy HD Desktop Wallpapers.   Take advantage of cherry season to make cherry ice cubes. Freeze cherries in the cube compartment (with the stems for more dazzle). Then, add them to cocktails, mocktails, soft drinks, juice, sparkling or still water. When the cubes melt, the cherries are the final treat. MORE…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Simple Syrup

This cocktail uses homemade lemon-vanilla simple syrup. Photo courtesy Nielsen-Massey. The recipe is below.   Granulated sugar does not dissolve easily in cold beverages. That’s why simple syrup (also called bar syrup, sugar syrup or gomme, the French word for gum) is used to add sweetness to drinks such as cocktails, lemonade, iced tea and…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Fun With Nonalcoholic Beverages

Lavender lemonade, a truly great experience (as is lavender iced tea). Here’s the recipe. Photo © Edith Frimcu | Dreamstime.   Many home trends in foods and how to serve them come from restaurants, where chefs are constantly on the look for new ways to tempt customers. While mixologists have long been creating menus of…
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PRODUCT: Joe’s Half & Half, Tea & Lemonade Drink

The new Half & Half champion. Photo courtesy Red Jacket Orchards.   Arnold Palmer, make way for Joe Nicholson: There’s a new tea and lemonade blend in town. In a Palm Springs country club in the the 1960s, with his order of a glass of half lemonade—a drink he mixed at home—golf legend Arnold Palmer…
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